iran's health system is expanding the disaster and emergency higher education programs over the country to enhance the capacity of human resources for effective and efficient disaster mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery. in this article we present an overview about the initiatives and progress of disaster and emergency health higher education in iran. following the bam earthquake, i...

in addition to providing people with health care, medical science universities play a critical role in training skilled human forces required for different parts of the society. this calls for a constant review of medical staff and an attempt to eliminate the shortages. the aim of this study was to identify the barriers of electronic education development in the educational system of ahvaz jund...

ISSN: 1356-2517 (Print) 1470-1294 (Online) Journal homepage: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/cthe20 The pedagogical balancing act: teaching reflection in higher education Mary Ryan To cite this article: Mary Ryan (2013) The pedagogical balancing act: teaching reflection in higher education, Teaching in Higher Education, 18:2, 144-155, DOI: 10.1080/13562517.2012.694104 To link to this article: ht...

Higher education drives and is driven by globalisation. It trains the highly skilled workers and contributes to the research base and capacity for innovation that determine competitiveness in the knowledge-based global economy. It facilitates international collaboration and cross-cultural exchange. Cross-border flows of ideas, students, faculty and financing, coupled with developments in inform...

HIED 60093 VARIABLE TOPIC WORKSHOP IN HIGHER EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION 1-6 Credit Hours (Slashed with HIED 70093) Variable topics; designed to respond to specialized needs of various groups with the contexts of trends, issues and problems in the various higher education disciplines. Prerequisite: graduate standing. Schedule Type: Workshop Contact Hours: 1-6 other Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatis...

Knowledge Management (KM) is based in large part on systems that help users focus their attention on key information that is relevant, timely, and available on-demand. The preparation of this information requires processes for knowledge acquisition, engineering, and representation because “knowledge and expertise are embedded within otherwise diverse and scattered information sources” (Convera,...

HIED 60093 VARIABLE TOPIC WORKSHOP IN HIGHER EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION 1-6 Credit Hours (Slashed with HIED 70093) Variable topics; designed to respond to specialized needs of various groups with the contexts of trends, issues and problems in the various higher education disciplines. Prerequisite: graduate standing. Schedule Type: Workshop Contact Hours: 1-6 other Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatis...

We wish to commend Patterson et al (March Journal)1 on their endeavour to describe a competency model for general practice. We fully support their view that it is important to be able to describe not only what we do but also what our patients want us to do. We are also gratified that they have provided further support for the validity of the component consultation competences contained within t...

Lebanon's higher education is the oldest in the region. It goes back to 1866 when the American University of Beirut (AUB) was founded under the name of the Syrian Evangelical College, followed by the University of Saint Joseph (USJ) in 1875, then by the Lebanese American University (LAU) in 1947 as a Beirut College for Women. The Lebanese University (LU) which is the only public university in t...